Brooks Returns To Battle With The Urbans With New Music & Greatest Hits Collections

Brooks, 45, who was the country’s fastest-selling solo artist in history when he traded in the music scene after bidding farewell to focus on fatherhood is back after seven years to battle the Keith Urbans of the genre with a new single and a new greatest hits collection.

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"Sure I'm scared to death – I'm rusty and I've seen these young guys," said Brooks. "But I'm a competitor and when it's game day you start competing." He told the reporters on Saturday.

"Keith Urban is a beautiful guy, and he's just one of about 50 guys out there I'll have to face this fall so if you don't bring your A game you're going to get run over," he said. Referring to his wife, Trisha Yearwood (fellow country star whom he wed in 2005), he added, "And I'm Mr. Yearwood now so I want to make her proud."

Even with the new music he’s coming out with Garth Brooks has no plans to tour.” We’ll go back to what I was doing before and sit on our butts for a while? After my promo work for the new album is complete.” is what he had to say.

"My kids know that what I feel when I play is not one tenth of what I feel when I watch them play, I am where I want to be and knowing that the future might involve getting to do this again on a full scale when they're on their own and me and Miss Yearwood can tour together, that's pretty good." he said.

In 2000 when Brooks had announced that he was bowing out of touring and recording, he had said that he wouldn’t return until his daughters Taylor, 15, August, 13, and Allie, 11 (with ex-wife, Sandy), were out of school – and he says that he's still sticking to that.

The first single "More than a Memory," one of four new songs on the forthcoming The Ultimate Hits, will be out Aug. 27.